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Correct statement about coherent sources and interference

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Equation to represent the GPE of a pirate ship ride?

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Electricity and magnetism (Gauss' law)

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Finding the minimum distance between two cars

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How Can Energy Change Instantaneously in a Coupled Circuit?

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Waves on a String -- Minimizing reflections from the far end (ring on a bar)

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What Will Be the Velocity of the Center of Mass of the Raft?

  • Akash47
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How Do I Solve This Combination Circuit?

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Position of particle in inertial reference frame

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Calculating Elevator Acceleration: Solve for F=ma

  • Jeff Nilsson
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How Do You Calculate Average Speed with Variable Acceleration?

  • YMMMA
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Centripetal Lab- finding the mass from the slope

  • wispydog
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A ferry boat is crossing a river that is 8.5 x 10^2 m wide.

  • Ayushi
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What would happen to the charge and capacitance?

  • YMMMA
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Calculate the wavelength when electron transits.

  • YMMMA
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Solving a Disappearing Voltage Puzzle: The Ball Cyclotron Project

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Calculate the displacement? (Projectile motion problem)

  • TarPaul91
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Uniform Circular Motion question

  • devilish_wit
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Conditions for conservation of momentum

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Brightness change with temperature

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Where on the hill does the projectile land?

  • TarPaul91
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What is the direction of the velocity/ elastic collisions.

  • YMMMA
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Small oscillation frequency of rod and disk pendulum

  • Jenny Physics
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Electricity and magnetism: Electric Field for Two Long Charged Lines

  • Silentwhale
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Terminal velocity of a skier using a Momentum Balance

  • Henrique Orlandini
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How far will the girl run before catching the ball?

  • YMMMA
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Potential energy of a block moving up and down an incline.

  • YMMMA
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Energy and root mean square velocity question

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Capillary Tube Behavior in a Gravityless Environment

  • Navin
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Which answer is correct? Grocery Bag Net Force Question

  • sam cole
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Thermodynamics problem: Heat capacity of a Gas

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Calculating Velocity Change in a Moving Charge-Magnet Interaction

  • HotFurnace
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Kinematics: find the particle's position as a function of time

  • Elsewiir
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The size of the image of the Sun

  • Akash47
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Calculating Total Power Emitted by a Black Body in a Spherical Chamber

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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Newton's Second Law: Understanding Forces, Masses, and Acceleration

  • NicholasJ
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Angular momentum after a collision

  • Jenny Physics
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Which of the two dielectrics breaks down first?

  • HelloCthulhu
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Finding friction and tension for a train

  • aftonmathews
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Progressive Wave: Solve Puzzle at Point P

  • Seneka
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Change in radiation with temperature

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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How does Newton's 3rd law apply in this case?

  • Brownian notions
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Bremstrahlung Braking radiation spectra expected and total power

  • fab13
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Heat capacity and temperature problem

  • Krushnaraj Pandya
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How Is Heat Generated from Friction in Physics Problems?

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Finding the pressure of a gas in three identical balloons

  • Rain10399
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Question about Normal Force and Torque

  • Ghost Repeater
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Is the y-component of projectile motion acceleration equal to gravity?

  • devilish_wit
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Free falling ball with and without air resistance

  • xcortz
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[] An Experiment to Determine the Coefficient of Friction

  • Yellowkies_3275
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Problem About Change in Momentum/Impulse

  • gibberingmouther
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Centroid of an isoceles triangle

  • Zack K
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Static equilibrium: Find the tension in a support cable

  • SakuRERE
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Photoelectric current and a convex lens

  • Jahnavi
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Newton's Third Law Problem: Two masses, a rope and a pulley

  • Zeke Bevan
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Vertical Circle (Circular Motion)

  • Mohammed S
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Forces on an object in vertical circular motion

  • HAF
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Confused whether an object is at rest or has velocity at t=0

  • Indigo_Blue
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Where is the electric field greatest in magnitude?

  • YMMMA
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What are the forces acting on an object?

  • YMMMA
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Magnetic force direction on a positive and negative charges

  • YMMMA
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How Do I Solve This Isothermal Process Thermochemistry Problem?

  • michealyap
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Electricity: 2 charged rods connected to a voltage source

  • YMMMA
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Hinged Water Storage Tank -- Calculate the force on one side

  • Gregs6799
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How do I find refractive index uncertainties?

  • Sam D
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Solving the Homework Equations: What Am I Doing Wrong?

  • aa_o
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Evolution of a particle in a well

  • MikeyArey
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Finding Force by using the coefficient of friction and mass

  • Alejandro Nava
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Need help with a pulley and tension problem

  • Scott McKinnon
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Determine the mass of an object using the angle in the system

  • Santiago Tinelli
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How Do You Calculate the Angle of a Slipping Ladder?

  • physicsstudent101
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How to find distance when a ball rolls slope with angle?

  • physicsstudent101
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Circular Motion Problem: Child swinging on a rope

  • Mohammed S
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Finding the energy density outside of an isolated charged sphere

  • Coulombus
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Torque about a pendulum's suspension point

  • JessicaHelena
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Rotation of a Body: Frictional Force w/o Slipping

  • Abhimessi10
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Circular motion — the acceleration is not constant?

  • JessicaHelena
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B field and H field confusion, physics GRE

  • jack476
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Incline with friction and two blocks

  • SakuRERE
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Projectile motion where yi doesn't equal yf

  • OnePunch
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Understanding Unit Cancellation in Equations for Confused Students

  • JesseK
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Given force as a function of x, how do I find the total energy?

  • GriffinC
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Artificial gravity in a spacecraft

  • Halit
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Weak Damping - how to relate the amplitude and phase difference

  • GayYoda
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Tension on a Massive Rope: How to Calculate Tension at Different Points

  • SakuRERE
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Electrical Network Problem: Power Transfer

  • cnh1995
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Oscillating horizontal mass attached to a spring with Friction

  • Miguel Orta
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How Is the Force on a Child in a Roller Coaster Calculated?

  • Austin Gibson
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Compare the speed and frequency of a wave in a thick rope

  • YMMMA
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Optimizing Cannon Range on a Vertical Tower

  • jasonchiang97
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Should I use time dilation or length contraction?

  • Joao Victor Dantas
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Equations of motion for a dual mass-spring-damper

  • invariant99
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Angular momentum conservation in collision with a nail

  • Jenny Physics
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What are the dynamics of a spiral movement?

  • irdeg
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Resistance of a non-ohmic device from its I/V graph

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How Do You Calculate the Weight of a Block on an Inclined Plane?

  • Ceshe000
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How to find the y-component of Vi based on a Vy/t graph

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